This year's event was opened by EU-OSHA Executive Director William Cockburn Salazar, followed by speeches from Mario Nava (Director-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion), Li Andersson (Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment) and Natalie Lotzmann (Global Head of Health, Safety & Well-Being, SAP). Vibe Westh, the new Head of the Prevention and Research Department at EU-OSHA, moderated the event together with Rory Harrington, the new Head of Communication and Public Relations at EU-OSHA. The event was coordinated by Dietmar Elsler, EU-OSHA.

All participants enjoyed a lively and highly communicative event that put people at the center and provided important insights into the current state of the art and the challenges of implementing artificial intelligence in various industries such as the automotive industry, the postal industry, the sanitation industry, the security industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the chemical industry, the maintenance industry, and the technology sector itself. The discussion was supported by contributions from researchers, European social partners, and networks such as AGE, ENSHPO, and ENETOSH.

One of the four workshops, which was co-organized by ENETOSH, dealt with the topic “AI in the workplace: Legal foundations and ethical considerations for the safe and healthy use of AI.” This workshop was led by Aude Cefaliello (ETUI) together with Dietmar Elsler. Jeremias Adams-Prassl from the University of Oxford gave an excellent keynote speech on “Towards safe and healthy algorithm management.” Ulrike Bollmann contributed with a presentation on “Ethical use of artificial intelligence in the education workplace,” and Nadja Salson from EPSU provided important insights into the “EU Social Partner Agreement on Digitalization in Central/Federal Administrations (2022).” Also worth mentioning is the speech by Roberto Sammarchi, AIAS, on behalf of ENSHPO on “Artificial Intelligence and Safety and Health at Work: Finding the Critical Balance under the EU AI Act.” Due to the general significance of his presentation, it was moved from the workshop to the plenary session.

The steering group meeting of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign partners, chaired by Dietmar Elsler and Annick Starren from EU-OSHA, took place ahead of the event to share best practices. The meeting discussed the successes of the current campaign so far and possible improvements. Julia Fintrop, manager of the upcoming EU-OSHA campaign “Together for mental health in the workplace 2026–2028,” presented the different levels of the campaign with a strong focus on organizational stress and provided information on the priorities for the next campaign.